02370nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10743046 CaPaEBR m o u cr cn||||||||| 130410s2013 cauad sb 001 0 eng d 2013014691 9780804774369 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804790536 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)856627339 n-us--- GV716 .F665 2013eb 338.47796 23 Fort, Rodney D. 15 sports myths and why they're wrong [electronic resource] / Rodney Fort and Jason Winfree. Fifteen sports myths and why they're wrong Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013. viii, 299 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Revenue sports pay for nonrevenue sports -- An arms race drives college sports spending -- Athletic departments are a drag on the university budget -- Conference revenue sharing levels the football field and basketball court -- Pay-for-play will bankrupt college athletic departments -- Title IX compliance must come at the cost of men's participation -- The FBS playoff will be better than the BCS -- Owners and general managers are inept -- Owners lose money on their sports teams -- Player salary demands increase ticket prices -- Failure to act on the issue of competitive balance is hurting some sports leagues -- Player drafts and revenue sharing will improve competitive balance -- Owners should be more vigilant in policing performance-enhancing drugs -- Everybody loses when labor-management relations go south -- Major League Baseball should emulate the National Football League. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Sports Economic aspects United States. Professional sports Economic aspects United States. College sports Economic aspects United States. Electronic books. local Winfree, Jason (Jason A.) ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10743046 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 35967 35967